Virus has cost over 2.5m years of potential life in US, finds Harvard study
They are years that might otherwise have been filled with moments rich and mundane: Time spent with family and friends. Trips to the grocery store....
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US mortality data indicates Covid-19 death toll nearly double reported toll: CDC
Washington: The true death toll from Covid-19 likely exceeds 400,000, nearly twice the official tally, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control...
US governors send questions to federal govt about Covid-19 vaccination plan
New York: The National Governors Association (NGA) sent a list of questions to the Trump Administration seeking clarification on how the federal government will most...
US, EU block India’s fight for IPR waiver for Covid drugs
NEW DELHI: The US, European Union, the UK and Switzerland, along with Brazil, have not supported India and South Africa’s proposal at the World Trade...
Covid-19: India second after US to top 7 million cases; last 1 million rise in 13 days
NEW DELHI: India became the second country after the US to cross seven million confirmed Covid-19 cases on Saturday. It also recorded its six millionth...
‘US could have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for every American by March’
Washington: The US could have enough coronavirus vaccine doses for every American by March 2021, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said. Azar made...
Whistleblower who alleged White House virus failures resigns
WASHINGTON – A high-ranking government whistleblower who alleges the Trump administration fumbled its coronavirus response resigned Tuesday, saying he has been forced out. Lawyers for...
Best to ‘ignore’ Trump’s claims on India’s Covid-19 deaths, say health authorities
India’s health authorities say it’s best to “ignore” US President Donald Trump’s claim that India was among the countries that do not accurately disclose the...
Fujifilm signs manufacturing contract with U.S. firm VLP for Covid-19 vaccine
TOKYO: Fujifilm Holdings Corp said on Thursday that it had signed a manufacturing contract agreement with U.S.-based firm VLP Therapeutics for a Covid-19 vaccine formulation....
FDA widens U.S. safety inquiry into AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine – sources
By Marisa Taylor and Dan Levine WASHINGTON: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has broadened its investigation of a serious illness in AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19...